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SFB 1585:  Structured functional materials for multiple transport in nanoscale confinements

Subject Area Chemistry
Materials Science and Engineering
Physics
Term since 2023
Project identifier Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 492723217
 
Nanostructured functional materials are the backbone of modern and sustainable technologies, such as batteries, fuel cells, and solar cells. Their performance is determined by the simultaneous transport of ions, molecules, electrons, and heat in and between the functional materials. For confinements that reach nanometre length scales, multiple interactions occur between the carrier types, the structured materials, and the accompanying interfaces. These interrelated interactions have been poorly understood so far. The flow of ions, molecules, electrons, and heat is no longer independent of each other and can deviate strongly from the bulk behavior. Therefore, the CRC aims to elucidate, fundamentally understand, and control the transport behavior of these four carrier types in nanostructured functional materials. This includes strategies to program materials to guide multiple transport species together, independently of each other or in spatially different directions. These signature properties of multiple transport are key to transform the technologies mentioned above. The CRC will conduct this research along the guiding themes i) electrolyte-host systems, ii) interface-controlled systems, and iii) percolating networks addressing major carrier type combinations and confinement interactions. Using systematic nanostructuring and chemical modification of well-chosen material classes, we investigate the influence of 1D to 3D confinements on the transport of the carrier types across multiple length and time scales. We, thereby, span a controlled parameter space, which enables a comprehensive analysis of confinement-controlled transport. The CRC brings together an interdisciplinary team of scientists rooted in physics, chemistry, and engineering. Its members contribute expertise in synthesis, processing, characterization, and theory. We promote their collaboration by establishing a Transport Academy, which guides the synergistic work within the team, the exchange with the international community and the education of young researchers. It integrates a research training group to equip our students with the necessary competencies for successful scientific work and future careers. The CRC is driving the digital transformation with a dedicated project on research data management. It will provide a metadata environment that facilitates a seamless analysis across the projects. Combining the team-driven meta-analyses with the exchange at cross-disciplinary, international meetings, we aim to establish an innovative research philosophy for the CRC. We follow the vision to enable a knowledge-driven material design that can simultaneously control the transport of ions, molecules, electrons, and heat in nanostructured materials with an increasing level of adaptiveness and responsivity to external triggers. This paves the way for decisively improving existing and exploring new technologies for today's grand challenges in energy, mobility, and sustainability.
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Applicant Institution Universität Bayreuth
 
 

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